A Church for the King

♛ King Richard III ♛

ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: ‘Our best guess at Greyfriars’, by Dan Martin (18.05.2013) – PhD student Asem al Bunni (De Montfort University) built the assumed outlook of the Grey Friars Church in Leicester after assumptions and research done by Dr. Ashdown-Hill in his book “The Last Days of Richard III”.

De Montfort University, Leicester: DMU re-creates Richard III’s long-lost friary (20.05.2013) – Speculations about the Greyfriars’ church and St. Mary-in-the-Newarke, where King Richard III may have been on public display before his burial in the Greyfriars church.

University of York: Richard III: History’s man and Shakespeare’s villain. Speakers at the event on Sunday 23 June 2013: Chris Skidmore, Mark Ormrod and Judith Buchanan (21.05.2013) – Admission to the event in the Berrick Saul Building at the University of York is free, but booking is required!

♛ King Richard Everywhere ♛

ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Letter from Richard III’s mother discovered in America, by Leicester Mercury (21.05.2013) – Though the article contains the common error to declare Richard III, before becoming King, to have been Duke of York like his father, instead of his real title as Duke of Gloucester, it reamins to be seen how much the proposed letter by Richard’s mother, Cecily Neville, can shed new light on King Richard III.